Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS)

Optical Communications
Part of the Optical Communications series
Team Goals
Amateur Optical Communication Record • CubeQuest Challenge
Equipment
OpComms System I • System II • System III • System IV • 3 cm Board
Noteworthy Tests
SSI-1E4 • Test Procedure
Important Concepts
The Field of Optical Communications • Beam Divergence • Pulse Position Modulation • Scintillation • Precision Aiming • Fog • Long Range RF • Optical Internet Backhaul • Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Field Test Locations
W6YX (also see Amateur Radio) • Skyline Boulevard Overlook • Proposed Alternate OpComms Test Sites
People
Dr. Simone D'Amico (Team Advisor) • Elizabeth Hillstrom (Co-Lead) • Sasha Maldonado (Co-Lead) • Dr. Joseph Kahn • Dr. Leo Hollberg
Optical Communications Satellites
FitSat-1 • LADEE • ARTEMIS and SPOT-4 • OICETS • OPALS • JPL 1U Optical Communications Terminal
Astronomy
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network • Stanford Astronomy Club • Stanford Student Observatory
Miscellaneous
Tactical Cinderblock
V • E

An Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS)

Examples of ADCS Hardware